Muslim Museums: Curating Islam in Multicultural Societies

该项目旨在确定当代穆斯林社区如何利用博物馆作为一种媒介来思考和展示他们在非穆斯林占多数的社会中的集体身份。该项目借鉴了对澳大利亚、欧洲和北美穆斯林主导的博物馆的比较民族志研究，预计将产生关于穆斯林社区如何在比较框架中收集、策划和展示其遗产的新知识。成果包括第一次对穆斯林博物馆的跨国研究和一部关于澳大利亚伊斯兰博物馆的广播纪录片。预期的好处包括更好地了解社区在保护其遗产方面的经验，提高在博物馆展示多文化遗产的能力。

This project aims to determine how contemporary Muslim communities use museums as a medium to think about and display their collective identities in non-Muslim-majority societies. Drawing on a comparative ethnographic study of Muslim-led museums across Australia, Europe, and North America, the project expects to generate new knowledge about how Muslim communities collect, curate, and exhibit their heritage in a comparative frame. Outcomes include the first transnational study of Muslim museums and a radio documentary on the Islamic Museum of Australia. Anticipated benefits include a greater understanding of the experiences of communities in caring for their heritage and improved competency in displaying multicultural heritage in museums.